Trobius planning tender to DWP for Backing Young Britain
Trobius, as an experienced DWP contractor with experience of employer engagement activities, is submitting a tender to become the Prime Contractor for the Department for Work and Pensions, Backing Young Britain: Non Graduate Internships and Work Experience programme. The programme will run from end January 2010 to June 2011 and will provide up to 20,000 non-graduate internship placements (between 6 and 13 weeks at a minimum of 16 hours per week) and 5,000 work experience placements (of 2 weeks) for unemployed 18-21 year olds across England, Wales and Scotland.
In order to achieve a strong tender we are looking for organisations to partner us, acting as potential subcontractors, to achieve an effective geographic and capacity spread to provide sufficient and appropriate engagement with employers as well as organisations who can provide high quality support to young people whilst they are participating.
For a Heads of Terms Document and an Expression of Partnership document please email EleanorH@trobius.com
The Expression of Partnership document should be completed and returned to the named contact as quickly as possible and before noon 25th November 2009.
For an overview of the Non-Graduate Internship and Work Experience Programme: Full information on the opportunity can be found on the DWP website.
